Thursday, 26 June 2014

FIFA Bans Luis Suarez

Liverpool
and Uruguay striker Luis Suarez has been given a nine-match ban by Fifa and a
four-month global suspension for biting Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini.As a result of the sanction, Suarez is set to miss Liverpool's first nine games
of the new Premier League season, which includes fixtures against Manchester
City, Tottenham and Everton.Read Fifa’s statement in full after the cut.

Luis Suárez suspended for nine matches and banned for four months from any
football-related activity.
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has reached a decision in the case related to
Luis Suárez of Uruguay following an incident that occurred during the FIFA
World Cup™ match between Italy and Uruguay played on 24 June 2014.
The FIFA Disciplinary Committee has decided that:
- The player Luis Suárez is regarded as having breached art. 48 par. 1 lit. d
of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) (assault), and art. 57 of the FDC (an act
of unsporting behaviour towards another player).
- The player Luis Suárez is to be suspended for nine (9) official matches. The
first match of this suspension is to be served in the upcoming FIFA World Cup™
fixture between Colombia and Uruguay on 28 June 2014. The remaining match
suspensions shall be served in Uruguay’s next FIFA World Cup match(es), as long
as the team qualifies, and/or in the representative team’s subsequent official
matches in accordance with art. 38 par. 2a) of the FDC.
- The player Luis Suárez is banned from taking part in any kind of
football-related activity (administrative, sports or any other) for a period of
four (4) months in accordance with art. 22 of the FDC.
- A stadium ban is pronounced against the player Luis Suárez in accordance with
art. 21 of the FDC as follows: the player Luis Suárez is prohibited from
entering the confines of any stadium during the period of the ban (point 3).
The player Luis Suárez is prohibited from entering the confines of any stadium
in which the representative team of Uruguay is playing while he has to serve
the nine-match suspension (point 2).
- The player Luis Suárez is ordered to pay a fine in the amount of CHF 100,000.
The decision was notified to the player and the Uruguayan FA today.
“Such behaviour cannot be tolerated on any football pitch, and in particular
not at a FIFA World Cup when the eyes of millions of people are on the stars on
the field. The Disciplinary Committee took into account all the factors of the
case and the degree of Mr Suárez’s guilt in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the Code. The decision comes into force as soon it is
communicated,” said Claudio Sulser, chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary
Committee.